228 would exchange him, after his unworthy pulpitt raylings at him ; but the governor, who hated poore revenges, when his enem.ie and one of his friends were both in the same prison, and he had but one exchange readie, first procnr'd the minister's release, and let his owne officer stay for the next exchange. ·whereupon the man comming home, was struck with remorce, and beg'd the governor's pardon, with reall acknowledgments both to himselfe and other.s of his sin, in supporting faction against the governor; who was told that on his death-bed, for he died before the garrison was dissolv'd, he exprest to some of the governor's friends his trouble for having bene his enemie. But not only to him, but to many others of his enemies, the governor tlpon sundry occasions, when they fell into his power to have requited their mischiefes, insteacl of vengeance render'd them benefitts, so that at last his own friends would tell him, if they could in iustice and conscience forsake him, they would become his adversaries, for that was the next way to engage him to obligations; but allhough his friends, who had greater animosities against his uniust persecutors than he himselfe, would say these things in anger at his clemency, his nature was as full of kind gratitude to his friends as free from base revenges upon enemies, \vho either fell down to him by their owne iust remorce, or were cast under his power by God's iust providence. Assoone as the governor was gone, the committee tooke all power upon them, and had the impudence to command the Jieftenant-collonell, who was deputy-governor, and absolute in his brother's absence, to draw out his troope: he went to them and told them he was sorric they broke · their agreement, but he could not breake his trust of his brother's au thority to obey them. Then they feign'd a pretence and turn'd out the _governor's quarter master, who by the governor's appoyntment had quarter'd souldicrs at an alehouse Mr. Millington had given a protection to', that they should quarter none, upon the account of some relation they had to him,
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